The National tribune., 1887-02-10
49TH CONGRESS.
An EpitOme Of Last Weeks Proceed
ingS.
VETO MESSAGES.

VETO MESSAGES.
The President has vetoed the pension bills
OF Alexander Falconer; William Lynch, 9th
u. S. Inf; Cuthbert Stone Co. III, 18th KY;
Abraham p. Griggs of New Jersey; Franklin
Sweet ION the ground that pension at higher
rate has recently been issued TO HIM; Jesse
Campbell; Robert K Bennett; Catharine,
widow of Julius Ssttler. Co. A, 9TH NY, who
lost an arm in the service: James X. Baylor;
Margaret, mother of James +. Dunlap, 9TH Mo-
Cav. The reasons given are generally that the
disabilities did not occur in the line of duty,
or the deaths did not result from army service
An effort was made in the House 10 pass over
the Presidents veto the bill TO pension Carter
w, father of George w. Tiller, of Kentucky,
who died in Andersonville. This bill was vetoed
at the former session of the present Congress.
The bill failed TO passages, 1856; noes, rs
not two-thirds.
MRS. LoGAN's PENSION.
Mr.. Conger, Of Iowa, endeavored to have
taken up the bill granting pension Of 3, 900
a year TO the widow of Gen John A. Logan,
but several Members objected. An adverse re-
port, made by Mr.. Taulbee (Ky), from the
Committee on Pensions, was presented, and
the matter went over. Mr.. Conger Iowa also
submitted a minority report in favor Of the
bill.
GEN. TwIGGss SWORDS.
The House passed bill authorizing the Sec
rotary of the Treasury to deliver up the So
| called "Twiggs swords" which are now in his
custody, and which were captured or seized by
Gen. b. f. Butler in 1862, to such person, o. to
the legal representatives Of such person, as was
owner thereof at the time they were captured
| or seized. For the purpose of determining who
was such owner the Secretary of the Treasury
shall send the petitions of all persons who may
claim said swords to the Court of Claims. Said
court shall thereupon examine such claimant
or claimants, and such other legal evidence as
owner and who is entitled to receive said swords
under the provisions of the act.
"HoME" IN CALIFORNIA.
The House passed bill authorizing the
Board of Managers of the National Home for
Disabled Volunteer Soldiers TO locate establish,
and permanently maintain a branch of said
National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers
TO be located at such place in the States west of
the Rocky Mountains as to said board shall APP
pear most desirable and advantageous; and
that the sum of Sl00,000 be appropriated, TO be
expended in the purchase of the necessary land
and the erection of suitable buildings thereon,
| for said branch Home. ALI honorably dis
charged soldiers and sailors who served in
the volunteer forces of the United States, and
who are disabled by disease, wounds, or other
wise. and who have no adequate means Of sup
capable of earning their living, shall be entitled
to be admitted TO said Home for disabled vol
unteer soldiers subject to like regulations as
they are now admitted TO existing branches of
| the National Home for Disabled Volunteer
Soldiers.
PRIVATE PENSION BILLS.
The following Senate bills heretofore passed
by that body We're passed by the House and
sent TO the President: Annie f., widow of Mai
John W. T. Gardiner. u. S. A., S25; Matthias
Wondrak, Co. X, Goth U. S. Inf; George Bliss,
Co. j, saith Mass; Lucy A., widow of First
| Lieut.. Lon Washburne. Battery /, 10th n. Y.
Art; Mrs. NJ. C., widow of Marcus III. Miles
Lieutenant, 18th Mich. Cav: Albert c. Kelly,
Co. b, 9Th Mich. Cav; William, father of Henry
d. Barden, Co. I, LIST Wis. Cav; John. father of
John Reed, 18th Mich. Cav; Rachel Ann Pier
pont, mother Of Thos. w. Bailey, Co. c, 22d KY;
James S. Franciss, Co. f, 7ith n. Y; Alkaline
p, widow Of Joseph K. 10y, Captain, Co. III, 4th
Wis; Eleanor G. Ransom, nHrse, SIP; John G.
| Warren, Sth Wis. Art; John Moran, Co. III. l02d
| N. Y; Marcel Gagnon, Co. A, Hatch's Battalion
MINI. Cav, increase to $40; Richard b. Rians
Co. ID. 37th Iowa; John ID. Fincher, Co. H. l32d
Pa; Jacob Smith, Co. L, % w. Va. Cav; Mary
| j., sister Of DE Witt Gilbert, Co. g. s9th N. ";
Emily NJ, mother Of James C. Swift, Co. b, LIST
Ala Cav; Susan A, widow Of Capt Leroy C.
Duncan, Co. ID, 9th No; John A. Fogg Of
North Carolina, Mexican war; Charlotte,
widow of Col. Richard 0'Neal, Goth Ind; Anna
| Ethridge Hooks, nurse, $25.
The following House bills were passed by
that body and sent to the Senate: Gen. Speed
S. Fry, $50; Mary Wood. Adair Co. NO., nurse,
Sl2; Rebecca, widow of William Z. Morris, Co.
c, 55th Mass.
The following Senate bills werc passed by
| the Senate and sent to the House: Jane Brown,
daughter of William III. III. Dunn, Co. A, 9th
| Ind. and Co. L. 18th Ind. Cav, SIP; Richard H.
McWhorter, First Lieutenant, Co. c, 18th Ky.
Cav; James Lucas Co. II, lllth Ohio; James
II. Thomas Co. 1, 32d Iowa, sl2; Hugh Rogers,
Marine Corps, u. S. N; Milton Teeter, Co. /,
10th n. Y. Ii. A.; Robert Baxter, Co. ID, nth
Mo. MALTA; Maria c., widow Of Daniel Nc
Pherson, Corporal, Co. G, oath Mich; Hettie
K. Painter, nurse, S25; Minerva, daughter OF
James ID. Abbey, Co. j, 18th Kan. Cav, SIP
Catherine T., widow of Mai. Charles T. Bah
cock, I'd Mich. Cav, $40; Catharine f., widow
of Edward A. Ellsworth, First Lieutenant, Ilth
u. S. Inf; Hannah T., widow of Henry III.
Langdon, Assistant Surgeon, 7th VT, $50; Adam
L. son Of John ID. Epley Co. f. l53d Ohio;
Arabella, widow Of L. III. Coddington, Captain,
Co. ii, 45th Iowa; Maria, widow of David
Hunter, Major-General U. S. army, $50; Laura
A, widow Of Charles III. Wright, Co. b. 14th
N. H.; John w. Reynolds, Provost Marshal
10th Ohio District, $50.
The following House bills heretofore passed
by that body were passed by the Senate and
sent to the President: Mary Jane, widow OF
Nathan Magoon, Co. ii. 9Th n. H.; Anthony
MeRobertson, I'D Mo. Militia; Henry Roscoe
First Lieutenant, Co. c, 18th N. Y, $2i; Samuel
Sawyer, Co. q, Both Mass, Margaret II, widow
OF Col James Hemphill Jones, u. S. Marine
Corps; Phila Clark, mother of DIN Clark. Co
c, 6th n. Y. III. A; Sally W., mother Of Henry
S. Rice, Co. X. l4lst n. Y; Mary, mother Of
VIM. Grimes, Co. X, 10Th N. V; Clementine
Hartinger, mother of w. II. Peters, Co. c. 2itL
Iowa; John p. Mcdonald, Co. L, ID Colo: Har.
vey Coburn, Go. X, % Pa. ii. A; Grant E. Q.
son OF George Latherman, Co. /, SD Ind, Sl2
Nirius Cissell, Co. J., 9Th Mo. Cav; Catharine
mother of Thomas Waters, Steward, SIP; james
ii. Butler, Captain, Co. L, 32d N Y; Michael
father of James ii. Todd, Co. X, Goth Pa; Susan
L. Barry, nurse. $l2; Franz Rossnecker, Co. A
9th Wis; Elizabeth NJ j. widow OF Thomas F
Meagher, Brigadier-General, u. S. Vols, $50
Caroline f., mother of George c. Shedd, Co. /
30th Iowa; John, father of Geo. Selby, Co. C
I'D Ohio; Loren Burritt, Lieutenant Colonel
6th u. 5. Cold troops, 500; Betsey, sister o.
Stephen Cooney, Co. G. Sd N. H.; Emily. widow
of Herbert M. Luther, Sergeant Co G. 18th
Mass; James III. Young Co. i, 9th Kan. Cav.
Emily Louisa, widow of Commodore VIM. +
Spicer, U. s. n, increase TO $50; Ellen NJ, sister
, Of Edward Il. Sturteyant, Major, 5th, N. II. $40
, Sarah, widow Of VIM. Handles, Captain. Co. i. 93d
n. Y; Caroline C. McNair, Canisteo, N. Y, $40
Frederick Richmond Co. Il, Both Ohio; Eliza
, beth NJ, mother of Dudley King, Lieutenant
, Co. G, seth Ohio; i. ID. McFadden, Second
Lieutenant, Co. G, I'd Ohio, Mexican war; Owen
T., father Of James X. Wilson Co l. 9th XIV,